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ArticleGamestop launches TikTok competition for employees
Something for the weekend: American electronics retail organisation Gamestop has given employees the opportunity to put on their dancing shoes and get posting on TikTok.Employees have the chance to bring out their social media influencing skills and knowledge, by battling it out with their fellow co-workers for a chance to ...
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ArticleAegon signs Race at Work charter to address racial inequality
Financial services organisation Aegon has signed the Race at Work charter, committing to address the issues that employees from ethnic minority groups face in the workplace.The race charter, created in partnership with the UK government and charity Business in the Community (BITC), has set out to improve the workplace quality ...
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ArticleIpsos Mori wins Grand Prix at Employee Benefits Awards 2020
Market research organisation Ipsos Mori was awarded the coveted Grand Prix title at the Employee Benefits Awards 2020.The organisation impressed the judges with its approach to mental wellbeing and the overhaul of its defined contribution (DC) pension scheme strategy. The Grand Prix is awarded to the winner of one of ...
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ArticleReddit introduces remote-working policy
US social news aggregation organisation Reddit has enhanced its remote-working policy to give employees more flexibility over where they work.Due to the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, the majority of employees at Reddit have already adopted a remote-working pattern. Due to its success, the organisation has extended this giving employees the option ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: BT enhances communications strategy
Telecommunications organisation BT has enhanced its communications strategy to ensure its employees feel more connected during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.The employer, which has 80,000 employees working in 54 countries, has expanded on the services it uses through connectivity platform Workplace. BT believes that the communication tool will help create an ...
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ArticleLloyds Banking Group extends remote-working policy
Financial services organisation Lloyds Banking Group has extended its remote working policy due to the health risks of Covid-19 (Coronavirus).Following prime minister Boris Johnson’s announcement on 22 September that employees should work from home where possible due to Coronavirus, the organisation has asked all of its employees to work from ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 28% of employees do not understand the benefits available to them
Just over a quarter (28%) of employers believe that their employees do not fully understand the benefits that are available to them, according to research by industry body Grid.In survey of 1,675 HR decision makers and employees also found that 10% of employers believe their workforce is only aware of ...
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ArticleMercer signs Race at Work charter to improve ethnic equality
Consulting firm Mercer has signed the Race at Work charter, committing to address the issues that employees from ethnic minority groups face in the workplace.The race charter, developed in partnership with the UK government and charity Business in the Community (BITC), has set out to improve the workplace quality for ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: TSB Bank and Charles Stanley adapt technology to support remote working
Employee Benefits Reset 2020: TSB Bank and Charles Stanley have enhanced their technology strategies to ensure that employees are working effectively from home.The session titled 'Technology 101: Getting your tech strategy right for your employees', which was chaired by Blair Pleasant, president and principal analyst at Commfusion, delved into integrating ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: HLM Architects embraces technology to connect with employees
Employee Benefits Reset 2020: HLM Architects has embraced the changes brought on by the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic by embracing a digital world.In a session titled ‘Technology meets HR: connecting office-based employees, remote workers and line managers’, Marcus Earnshaw, technology director at HLM Architects, explained that this is the perfect opportunity ...
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ArticleBartle Bogle Hegarty welcomes staff back to the office with a virtual sheep
Something for the weekend: Employees at Singapore-based creative agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH) returned to the office to be greeted by a black virtual sheep.With offices opening back up after the government in Singapore announced it was safe to return from 5 October 2020. BBH decided to spread some cheer ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Cisco introduces regular check-ins during Covid-19 pandemic
Employee Benefits Reset 2020: Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, Cisco has introduced a weekly check-in meeting for all of its 70,000 global employees.On the third day of the Employee Benefits Reset online series on 7 October, Shelia Champion-Smeeth, global head of wellbeing and people at Cisco, discussed what ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Barclays addresses diversity and inclusion through leadership and engagement
Employee Benefits Reset 2020: The pace of the world has created a need for employers to address diversity and inclusion among their workforce, with movements such as 'Me Too' and 'Black Lives Matter' being at the forefront of these movements.Wendy Papworth, former diversity and inclusion lead at Barclays, delved into ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Zurich UK reaps the benefits of its flexible working policy during Covid-19
Employee Benefits Reset 2020: Insurance organisation Zurich UK's employees adapted quickly to a flexible working pattern during Covid-19 (Coronavirus) due to its pre-existing flexible working policy.In the second session at the Employee Benefits Reset online series; 'Embrace flexible working', Emma Francis, diversity and inclusion lead at Zurich UK explained how ...
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ArticleBernard Matthews offers free bus transport service to 442 employees
Food manufacturer Bernard Matthews has suspended fares on its buses that transport 442 employees to and from its sites, during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.Since Bernard Matthews has increased its bus fares from £3.50 to £6, employeehave been increasingly commuting to work via other modes of transport such as train or ...
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Article90% of employers have introduced mental wellbeing benefits during the pandemic
Nine in 10 (90%) of employers in Europe have taken positive steps to look after the mental health and wellbeing of their employees during the pandemic, according to research by Littler. Its European Employer Covid-19 2020 research published in September 2020, which surveyed 750 European employers, also found that almost ...
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ArticleExclusive: 27% of staff working remotely are evaluating their career options
Over a quarter (27%) of employees who are working from home during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) are reconsidering their career options due how their organisation has dealt with the pandemic, according to research by Canada Life.The survey of 624 working adults in the UK, published 28 September 2020, also found that ...
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ArticleOyo introduces flexible-working policy
Hospitality business Oyo has introduced a flexible-working policy to support the wellbeing of its employees. Its new policy, called Work From Anywhere, will give UK employees the choice to work from home, its offices in London, or choose an alternative arrangement. All employees who choose to remotely will receive £100 ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Zurich UK to discuss embracing flexible-working at EB Reset 2020
EXCLUSIVE: Emma Francis, diversity and inclusion lead at insurance organisation Zurich UK will discuss how businesses, have and can, further adapt to flexible working among their workforce at Employee Benefits Reset 2020.The strategy session titled ‘Embracing flexible working’ will take place at 2.30pm on Monday 5 October in the first ...
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Article67% of staff are looking forward to connecting with colleagues when returning to the office
Just over two-thirds (67%) employees in the UK are most looking forward to communicating with their fellow colleagues when returning to the office, according to research by CIPHR.The study of 1,000 UK employees, published in September 2020, also found that over half (53%) are looking forward to free food and ...